WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER REWARD IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE 2017 BANCROFT REWARD NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REWARD FINALIST NEW YORK CITY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK FOR 2016 CALLED A FINEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON WORLD, NEWSWEEK, KIRKUS, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY THE FIRST DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE INFAMOUS 1971 ATTICA JAIL UPRISING, THE STATE’S VIOLENT ACTION, AND THE VICTIMS’ DECADES-LONG MISSION FOR JUSTICE On September 9, 1971, almost 1,300 detainees took control of the Attica Reformatory in upstate New york city to oppose years of mistreatment.
Holding guards and civilian staff members captive, the detainees worked out with authorities for better conditions throughout the 4 long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state suddenly sent out numerous greatly armed cannon fodders and correction officers to retake the jail by force.
Their shooting eliminated thirty-nine males– captives along with detainees– and badly injured more than one hundred others. In the taking place hours, weeks, and months, cannon fodders and officers completely struck back versus the detainees.
And, eventually, New york city State authorities prosecuted just the detainees, never ever as soon as bringing charges versus the authorities associated with the retaking and its consequences and ignoring to offer assistance to the survivors and the households of the guys who had actually been eliminated.
Drawing from more than a years of comprehensive research study, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds brand-new light on every element of the uprising and its tradition, providing voice to all those who participated in this forty-five-year defend justice: detainees, previous captives, households of the victims, legal representatives and judges, and state authorities and members of police.
Blood in the Water is the searing and enduring account of among the most crucial civil liberties stories of the last century. (With black-and-white pictures throughout)
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